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>> my former boss george w. bush has exited the political stage. he said once i'm out of politics, that's it. the democrats can run around and say oh, they're trying to hide bush and he's trying to stay off the scene because he's so unpopular. but that was the president's decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh obama inherited a mess. oh, obama, all the troubles he's had. this man has been in office for three and a half years. i'm tired of listening to the whining from the left and saying poor obama as opposed to he's had a stimulus bill, he's had a jobs bill. they haven't set the country back on course. so let's put the blame where it needs to be at the president's feet for his failed policies opposed to looking back and blaming george bush. >> most people don't agree with that, but let's look at this. democrats and republicans had limited primetime coverage on broadcast networks. on the final night of both conventions just as the numbers began their coverage, here's what the parties presented. at 10:02 last night, v
>> my former boss george w. bush has exited the political stage. he said once i'm out of politics, that's it. the democrats can run around and say oh, they're trying to hide bush and he's trying to stay off the scene because he's so unpopular. but that was the president's decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh obama inherited a mess. oh, obama, all the troubles he's had. this man has been in office for three and a half years. i'm tired of listening to the...
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look, george w. bush in 2008 and 2004 had low points in his campaign. there were times where he was not faring as well in the polls as he ultimately would. what happened then, though, is that you had conservatives who held their tongue. and why did that happen? because george w. bush had a measure of goodwill with the conservative base of the party that mitt romney does not have. and that's the problem romney has right now. he comes out of labor day, a couple of bad polls, bad buzz, and you have some conservatives spouting off because they don't have relationships, they don't have trust with romney in the way they did with george w. bush back in 2000, 2004. >> and they were still supporting his war by then. it was only a year later. anyway, the new cnn poll makes this point. it has president obama leading mitt romney by six points along likely voters but the interesting numbers show up when pollsters asked voters whether the vote was for the candidate or simply against the other. these are great numbers. among obama supporters, 74% say their vote is mor
look, george w. bush in 2008 and 2004 had low points in his campaign. there were times where he was not faring as well in the polls as he ultimately would. what happened then, though, is that you had conservatives who held their tongue. and why did that happen? because george w. bush had a measure of goodwill with the conservative base of the party that mitt romney does not have. and that's the problem romney has right now. he comes out of labor day, a couple of bad polls, bad buzz, and you...
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as you know, earlier today george w. bush was sworn into office and now he is your president. for a majority of us, that's a hard pill to swallow. >> you know, there's somebody else whose voice you did pretty well. some guy. >> okay. let's watch that. let's see daryl hammond playing someone i really know and love. here he is. >> madam secretary printed a story which relied on faulty information. now they're claiming. i ask you is the administration losing control faster than billy joel behind the wheel after a ten martini lunch. >> ha! well, anyway, daryl hammond who's done presidents and people like me even. you did a great cheney. can you do me one? >> doing what? >> you starting a war. >> oh, stop it. >> how about the misery of ending a war? >> no. no, no, no. >> okay, no. what are you doing out there? give us some bill. bill clinton. >> bill clinton? >> yeah. tonight, give us a preview. >> i can hardly hear you. >> give us a preview of tonight. >> of what he would do? >> he would say there's nothing wrong with america. it cannot be fixed by what is right with america. i sw
as you know, earlier today george w. bush was sworn into office and now he is your president. for a majority of us, that's a hard pill to swallow. >> you know, there's somebody else whose voice you did pretty well. some guy. >> okay. let's watch that. let's see daryl hammond playing someone i really know and love. here he is. >> madam secretary printed a story which relied on faulty information. now they're claiming. i ask you is the administration losing control faster than...
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joining us right now is former george w. bush and mccain strategist. you've worked on the republican side over the years and i want to ask you -- i was stunned. first of all, it looked like the only group in that poll this sunday that is with romney are people over 65. if the only people in this country that could vote were under 65 he'd get swamped. you're laughing but it's an amazing situation to be in, to only own the old people. your thoughts and is that one reason why they're advertising to try to get some demos as we call them in this business? >> at least i have a reliable demographic, i can count on those folks to come out anyway. chris, i just remember in 2000 about this same time we called that month black september because we came out of that convention pretty strong and then gore had a really good convention, we were down suddenly three points. suddenly all the guns turned at us. everybody wanted me fired because the ads were terrible. >> okay. your guy, w., pulled it out in the debates. of course that's why you won. that isn't complicated.
joining us right now is former george w. bush and mccain strategist. you've worked on the republican side over the years and i want to ask you -- i was stunned. first of all, it looked like the only group in that poll this sunday that is with romney are people over 65. if the only people in this country that could vote were under 65 he'd get swamped. you're laughing but it's an amazing situation to be in, to only own the old people. your thoughts and is that one reason why they're advertising...
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first that awkward moment in the third and final debate between george w. bush and al gore. let's watch this moment. >> it's not only what your philosophy and what's your position on issues. but can you get things done. and i believe i can. >> well, in 1992 in a debate conducted in a town hall format, president george bush, senior bush, was seen checking his watch, that showed impatience with the whole debate, fair or not. in 2008 john mccain betrayed his frustration when he referred to barack obama as "that one." let's listen. >> your bill on the floor of the senate, loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies and it was sponsored by busch and cheney. you know who voted for it? might never know. that one. you know who voted against it? me. >> where did you come up with that phrase, that one? what will be the clues tonight to tell us in real time who's winning. ste steve kornacki, co-host of "the cycle." you start with your biggest clue. you've said already, i've seen on my screen, who's winning the definition, meaning who's defining the debate in their terms. h
first that awkward moment in the third and final debate between george w. bush and al gore. let's watch this moment. >> it's not only what your philosophy and what's your position on issues. but can you get things done. and i believe i can. >> well, in 1992 in a debate conducted in a town hall format, president george bush, senior bush, was seen checking his watch, that showed impatience with the whole debate, fair or not. in 2008 john mccain betrayed his frustration when he...
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second thing, at least george w. bush, not to praise him too highly, did believe in compassionate conservativism, he did get prescription people for -- drugs for people who needed them, those that retired, a group that romney seems to be mocking as part of his 47% and he did do that great work against aids in africa. is compassionate conservative as a phrase dead? >> it did seem to be at that fund-raiser in florida. it seemed to me, early on, and i've covered supply-siders and their theories from the beginning, they argued back in the day, that ronald reagan days, that supply-side economics would lift people out of poverty. that it was good for all of america. i'm willing to grant they believed it when they said it. it wasn't a dodge to them, or at least to all of them or even most of them. what was so interesting about and compelling about the romney video, is that he makes no pretense to claim that tax cuts can hurt poor people. he says we can't sell it to them. and beyond that, he seems to think that it's irreleva
second thing, at least george w. bush, not to praise him too highly, did believe in compassionate conservativism, he did get prescription people for -- drugs for people who needed them, those that retired, a group that romney seems to be mocking as part of his 47% and he did do that great work against aids in africa. is compassionate conservative as a phrase dead? >> it did seem to be at that fund-raiser in florida. it seemed to me, early on, and i've covered supply-siders and their...
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if george w. bush had gotten him, he would still be shooting con fety out of cannons, don't you think? history and the voters know the difference between success and sour grapes. true victory by the man in the are than in a a cheer from the cheap seats. if was it was that easy, everybody knows that w. would have done it and danced himself silly in the end zone, and dick cheney would have done cart wheels. thanks for being with us, "politicsnation" starts now. >> welcome to "politicsnation," i'm al sharpton, tonight's lead, the gop's winner take all mentality. from the winning, wi argue mitt romney has had trouble seconding with average americans, but speaker
if george w. bush had gotten him, he would still be shooting con fety out of cannons, don't you think? history and the voters know the difference between success and sour grapes. true victory by the man in the are than in a a cheer from the cheap seats. if was it was that easy, everybody knows that w. would have done it and danced himself silly in the end zone, and dick cheney would have done cart wheels. thanks for being with us, "politicsnation" starts now. >> welcome to...
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for george w. bush. bill clinton's impeachment, iran-contra for ron ald reagan and of course watergate for richard nixon. as barack obama embarks on another four years, with me are two experts, the presidentialkw historian andouglas brinkley a professor at rice university. you are both great at this. i'll start with michael, what can a president do to avoid what seems to be the second term curse? >> don't overreach a situation. that's what barack obama sa: id after the re-election, he read the literature on that. they always feel anointed because they get great victories and most of them larger margin than the first time but they forget about the fact since truman there's not been a single second term president who his entire second term. here you are feeling entitled and working with a congress that is very hostile and sometimes out for revenge. >> douglas brinkley what do you think is the key to the second term causes them i'm not convinced there is such a curse. people talk about franklin roosevelt in
for george w. bush. bill clinton's impeachment, iran-contra for ron ald reagan and of course watergate for richard nixon. as barack obama embarks on another four years, with me are two experts, the presidentialkw historian andouglas brinkley a professor at rice university. you are both great at this. i'll start with michael, what can a president do to avoid what seems to be the second term curse? >> don't overreach a situation. that's what barack obama sa:id after the re-election, he read...
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. >> well, chris, i think they decided down down in tampa that for every minute george bush was mentioned, they were going to drop that percentage in the polls. as you mentioned earlier, americans understand by and large, 60 to 70% of them, that barack obama inherited a serious set of problems from george w. bush. two wars that have cost us upwards of 2, $3 trillion. an economy that was crashed. and a gigantic debt that he had actually doubled while in office. this is what the president had to cope with at a time of terrible stress for the country. and i think people know that. they remember that and republicans don't want to remind them. >> boept both parties want to remind us of bill clinton, but neither wants to remind us of w. democrats are giving him a break. your thoughts. >> president bush has exited the political stage. he said once i'm out of politics, that's it. the democrats can run around and say, oh, they're tried to hide bush and he's trying stay off the scene, but that was the president's decision. the fact of the matter, chris, is that poor barack obama, oh, obama inherite
. >> well, chris, i think they decided down down in tampa that for every minute george bush was mentioned, they were going to drop that percentage in the polls. as you mentioned earlier, americans understand by and large, 60 to 70% of them, that barack obama inherited a serious set of problems from george w. bush. two wars that have cost us upwards of 2, $3 trillion. an economy that was crashed. and a gigantic debt that he had actually doubled while in office. this is what the president...
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he got a ged, got a medical degree, and went on to become surgeon general in george w. bush's administration. here is a part of his story in a campaign ad. let's watch. >> from the jungles of vietnam to life-saving rescues at home, rich carmona has always answered the call. in the senate he'll support our veterans because he's lived it. >> now, richard carmona has put the republican held arizona senate seat in play. democrats dearly want to hold on to the majority in the senate and flipping the seat held by jon kyl would make it even harder for republicans to stop them. it would be a powerful symbol of the shift politics in western states. joining me now is richard carmona. it's on honor to have you on the show, sir. how do you handle -- how do you unify your state along ethnic lines between what we call anglos and latinos? how do you make the state feel whole? >> well, it's whole and home for me, chris, because i have been here over a quarter century. as you know, working in health care, working along the border, working as a police officer, working as a professor at t
he got a ged, got a medical degree, and went on to become surgeon general in george w. bush's administration. here is a part of his story in a campaign ad. let's watch. >> from the jungles of vietnam to life-saving rescues at home, rich carmona has always answered the call. in the senate he'll support our veterans because he's lived it. >> now, richard carmona has put the republican held arizona senate seat in play. democrats dearly want to hold on to the majority in the senate and...
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>> well, as i said, chris, you know, we knew that george w. bush had it. we'd seen a lot of signs of it throughout the campaign. we saw a lot of muscular policy speeches early on in the campaign, and i'm surprised that there hasn't been more specificity, more policies, something that shows what the broader vision is. i mean, 50 days is not a lot of time left to do that. >> but, mark, you're a wordsmith and you have given me 100 words and all i want is one, yes or no. does he have an inner core of personality and compassion that the american people will find attractive but haven't seen yet? >> chris, i have no idea. i have no idea. i don't work for romney and i haven't seen it yet. >> okay. >> i haven't seen it -- >> i love the answer now. steve, let me go to this whole question. with the campaign in mid-september, the weather has changed, we're in the fall, this is when we have general elections now. the question i have, can you -- romney doesn't fire people, he says he likes to fire people, he doesn't fire campaign people. how does he turn things around t
>> well, as i said, chris, you know, we knew that george w. bush had it. we'd seen a lot of signs of it throughout the campaign. we saw a lot of muscular policy speeches early on in the campaign, and i'm surprised that there hasn't been more specificity, more policies, something that shows what the broader vision is. i mean, 50 days is not a lot of time left to do that. >> but, mark, you're a wordsmith and you have given me 100 words and all i want is one, yes or no. does he have an...
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. >> here's david letterman with what happened when george bush endorsed romney as the elevator doors were closing. >> we have a simulation, we don't have actual footage, so we put together a simulation of what george w. bush must have looked like endorsing mitt romney from the elevator. here it is. i hope you enjoy it. >> i strongly stand with mitt romney -- >> that was his tie going up the elevator. anyway, all of a sudden you see president obama a voids mentioning mitt romney when he names the policies, quote, some people running for certain offices should not be named. vice president biden was on a campaign in ohio and he wasn't so coy. >> here's the crooks of governor romney's argument. romney's partners, key men, investors, and eight years later the company was bankrupt. romney's investors walked away with $12 million. the president did not take governor romney's advice. governor romney seems to want it both ways. romney. romney. romney. he said, quote, i'll take a lot of credit for the fact that the industry's come back. whoa. by the way, i'll take a lot of credit for man havin
. >> here's david letterman with what happened when george bush endorsed romney as the elevator doors were closing. >> we have a simulation, we don't have actual footage, so we put together a simulation of what george w. bush must have looked like endorsing mitt romney from the elevator. here it is. i hope you enjoy it. >> i strongly stand with mitt romney -- >> that was his tie going up the elevator. anyway, all of a sudden you see president obama a voids mentioning...
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>> john kerry outraised george w. bush. we just had this happen years ago. >> let's get the structural thing down on this part of the money. it's a joint district fund, okay? they've been able to raise this money jointly. remember, they're $134 million of money donated to people not named mitt romney. those people jump into this huge pot of $70,000 or more, and they're jumping in. >> where did $7 an hour come from? >> what you can give combined to the romney party and the state party. >> but you can give unlimited, what structure can happen within the roc and romney. what's romney have cash on hand? what cash does the president have on hand? 115 million. and by the way, we know if romney had more money, he would be advertising. >> when is it going to matter? when does it start to matter and affecting people's votes? >> i think some of it is now. i think this is an important advertisement period, then i think there is a lull, and then i think it will matter again in septemberment then once october comes, if you're more alone
>> john kerry outraised george w. bush. we just had this happen years ago. >> let's get the structural thing down on this part of the money. it's a joint district fund, okay? they've been able to raise this money jointly. remember, they're $134 million of money donated to people not named mitt romney. those people jump into this huge pot of $70,000 or more, and they're jumping in. >> where did $7 an hour come from? >> what you can give combined to the romney party and...
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ron paul is like ronald reagan and mitt romney is like george w. bush. the latter is not meant kindly. i swear, folks, the republicans here are better than any act on the strip. it is not even close. >>> as for singing, enter barack's dubs. a youtube sensation. they put together mashups. president obama's speeches with the words of popular songs. this time as a team hit "call me baby." actually, "call me maybe." ♪ this is crazy, so call me baby ♪ ♪ it's hard to do right, have you a, here's my number ♪ ♪ so call me baby ♪ hey i just met you and this is crazy ♪ ♪ here's my number, so call me baby ♪ ♪ and here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ >> that's as close to the president serenading for real. finally. roll tape. state representative joe miklosi might have thought he struck gold when a video of coffman with birther talk, went viral. now miklosi is blasting him for his health care speech before he joined congress. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> where was mike coffman during joe wilso
ron paul is like ronald reagan and mitt romney is like george w. bush. the latter is not meant kindly. i swear, folks, the republicans here are better than any act on the strip. it is not even close. >>> as for singing, enter barack's dubs. a youtube sensation. they put together mashups. president obama's speeches with the words of popular songs. this time as a team hit "call me baby." actually, "call me maybe." ♪ this is crazy, so call me baby ♪ ♪ it's hard...
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attorney picked by george w. bush. he went on to announce his candidacy for congress coming out of this case. it was partisan? is that a fair assumption it was a partisan prosecution? >> it certainly is a troubling fact, you know, the republican, who we'll find in and out a couple weeks whether he will be a member of congress because it's a safe republican seat. if he wins this congressional primary, he may be running for john edward's old senate seat. he drove the press for the indictment, and after crossing swords with edwards, he steps down and says he's running as a republican for congress. it doesn't look great. andrew young, the government's star witness was contacting other witnesses in the case as recently as a few days ago. it's a very serious fact that's come out. the government can't be happy with it, particularly on the heals of the ted stevens case. >> it seems to me this guy, andrew young, i don't think much of him you can tell from the tape we showed. he pretended to be loyal to edwards when he was worki
attorney picked by george w. bush. he went on to announce his candidacy for congress coming out of this case. it was partisan? is that a fair assumption it was a partisan prosecution? >> it certainly is a troubling fact, you know, the republican, who we'll find in and out a couple weeks whether he will be a member of congress because it's a safe republican seat. if he wins this congressional primary, he may be running for john edward's old senate seat. he drove the press for the...
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george w. bush spent time at his ranch over days in office. not to mention the 170 days in camp david. ronald reagan spent almost a year near santa barbara. those trips were a top down directive. in her book "reagan: an american story" adriana bosh talked about something earlier in their time at the white house. deever found the president doing his schedule which didn't include any ranch time. deever said that was because of the press being critical of his time outside of warkds. his answer. you can tell me a lot of things and i'll do them. but you're not going to tell me the more i get to the ranch. the more often i get to the ranch, the longer i'll live. being on vacation doesn't mean the same thing to a president or presidential candidate to the rest of us fop have the job is to be always plugged in orç rey to take the call. the black briefcase with the launch codes never more than a few feet away from a president. which is why no one should begrudge mitt romney jet skiing or the president golfing. the health of the country is in some par
george w. bush spent time at his ranch over days in office. not to mention the 170 days in camp david. ronald reagan spent almost a year near santa barbara. those trips were a top down directive. in her book "reagan: an american story" adriana bosh talked about something earlier in their time at the white house. deever found the president doing his schedule which didn't include any ranch time. deever said that was because of the press being critical of his time outside of warkds. his...
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nixon was so rotten his second term and george w. bush's was. there tends to be a curse. bill clinton and ronald reagan did well. i think both of them could gotten elected a third time. >> i look back at the second roosevelt term as a problem because he went very conservative then, cut spending and browse us into a second -- brought us into a second part of the great depression which he didn't have to do. it was done by policy. i think eisenhower had the problem with sherman adams, his chief of staff betrayed him for money. i want to try something by you, a theory, it may be changed by history, first president, first term you pick the best people you can for your cabinet, the best people around, spending your life looking for them and come in and pick your best people. second term you promote everybody from within. bring up all your deputies and don't quite have that team of rivals that tough thing around you where people can say, mr. president, you're wrong on this one. cabinet members that challenge you. you bring cronies up. and that seems like nixon had it. i don't th
nixon was so rotten his second term and george w. bush's was. there tends to be a curse. bill clinton and ronald reagan did well. i think both of them could gotten elected a third time. >> i look back at the second roosevelt term as a problem because he went very conservative then, cut spending and browse us into a second -- brought us into a second part of the great depression which he didn't have to do. it was done by policy. i think eisenhower had the problem with sherman adams, his...
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attorney picked by president george w. bush. he then went on to announce his candidacy for congress coming out of this case. was it partisan? it was a partisan prosecution. >> it's certainly a troubling fact. george holding, the republican who will find out in a couple weeks whether he's going to be a member of congress because it's a safe republican seat, if he wins his congressional primary, he might be running for john edwards' old senate seat. he drove this investigation, he drove the press for an indictment after crossing swords with the president in some amount of years in a partisan years, he stepped down and announced he was running for congress. chris, andrew young, the government's star witness, was contacting other witnesses in the case as recently as a few days ago. it's a very serious fact that's come out. the government can't be happy with it, particularly heels of the steven prosecution. >> it seems this guy andrew young, i don't think much about him obviously. i called him a rat fink because he pretended to be he
attorney picked by president george w. bush. he then went on to announce his candidacy for congress coming out of this case. was it partisan? it was a partisan prosecution. >> it's certainly a troubling fact. george holding, the republican who will find out in a couple weeks whether he's going to be a member of congress because it's a safe republican seat, if he wins his congressional primary, he might be running for john edwards' old senate seat. he drove this investigation, he drove the...
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w. >>> anti-democratic shenanigans, let's play "hardball." >> i'm chris matthews in washington, let's start with the purging of voter rolls in florida. i have deep suspicions. why is the secretary of state removing people this summer before the presidential election. is he looking for suspected aliens or democrats? it does smell like what the government did in 2000 when the florida was declared for bush by the u.s. supreme court. that year they decided the election for w., some 1200 felonies were kept from voting. they turned out to be legitimate voters. here again, were they suspected felo felons or democrats. there is something afoot when they keep the young and minority from the ballot box. we have the supervisor of elections in leon county florida, and the president of the florida league of women voters. thank you so much for joining us. here is where that thing stands down there. right now, last week the department of justice sent a letter to the florida secretary of state saying th
w. >>> anti-democratic shenanigans, let's play "hardball." >> i'm chris matthews in washington, let's start with the purging of voter rolls in florida. i have deep suspicions. why is the secretary of state removing people this summer before the presidential election. is he looking for suspected aliens or democrats? it does smell like what the government did in 2000 when the florida was declared for bush by the u.s. supreme court. that year they decided the election for...
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w., some 1200 felonies were kept from voting. they turned out to be legitimate voters. here again, were they suspected felo felons or democrats. there is something afoot when they keep the young and minority from the ballot box. we have the supervisor of elections in leon county florida, and the president of the florida league of women voters. thank you so much for joining us. here is where that thing stands down there. right now, last week the department of justice sent a letter to the florida secretary of state saying the effort to purge ineligible voters might be a violation of the 1965 act. any changes had to be submitted for approval. they basically said drop dead to the attorney general in washington and a responts letter he wrote the department of state respectfully disagrees with the department of justice's position. the actions taking by florida to identify and remove noncitizens from the voter rules ensure the right to vote of citizens is protected and not diluted. so where are
w., some 1200 felonies were kept from voting. they turned out to be legitimate voters. here again, were they suspected felo felons or democrats. there is something afoot when they keep the young and minority from the ballot box. we have the supervisor of elections in leon county florida, and the president of the florida league of women voters. thank you so much for joining us. here is where that thing stands down there. right now, last week the department of justice sent a letter to the florida...